Our more than 97,000 Rite Aid associates and Supplier Partners are in on the acts of wellness. They are making their communities more well one hour at a time. Look around at what they’re doing on their own in support of Rite Aid’s 50th Anniversary.

Several members of the DowellGroup volunteered to pack food bags at Bethesda Mission’s Warehouse in Mechanicsburg, PA, to be distributed to less fortunate families in six neighboring Pennsylvania counties.

DowellGroup Executive Assistant Joyce Crossett and her sister Mary wrapped several gifts on Christmas Eve and donated them to the Bethesda Mission in Harrisburg, PA, to be handed out to families in need on Christmas Day.

Seven members of the DowellGroup teamed up with the Helping Hands of Grace from the Grace United Methodist Church in Harrisburg, PA, to prepare Christmas dinners for those less fortunate living in surrounding communities.

On Dec. 18, 2012, Dale O’Neil, wife of DowellGroup Vice President of Sales Mike O’Neil, wore her RA50 t-shirt and delivered 13 meals to seniors in her community. Dale has been delivering meals directly to the homes of seniors with limited mobility for over eight years and finds it very fulfilling

Conair Corporation employees organized a toy drive at their offices in Stamford, CT, this past December. Employees wrapped all donations and delivered them to the local Salvation Army, where they were given to families in need of gifts for their children during the holidays.

On Monday, Dec. 10, 2012, the DowellGroup made a charitable donation to Operation Embrace, which offers direct financial assistance for medical, therapeutic and rehabilitative needs to injured survivors of terror attacks in Israel.

In December, 2012, the DowellGroup partnered with the Walk the Walk Foundation to help during the holiday season by assembling bikes for children in need in West Virginia, Virginia, Kent County and Anne Arundel County, MD.

The Cold Weather Program at Loudoun County Homeless Shelter provides many comforts that can be taken for granted during the holiday season. The program provides a bus that picks up homeless individuals in the area and brings them back to the shelter where they are served a hot meal.

Working with Operation Welcome Home Maryland, members of DowellGroup traveled to BWI airport this past November to deliver 500 reusable bags , personal care items, several cases of water, snack items and Rite Aid gift cards to returning troops.

The DowellGroup volunteered their time to help “Operation Christmas Child” on Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, by assembling five empty shoe boxes with small gifts and delivering the boxes to a local collection center. Volunteers then mailed the collected boxes throughout the world to underprivileged children.

In November, the DowellGroup donated essential items to the Shalom House women and children’s shelter in Harrisburg, PA. The Shalom House provides temporary shelter for woman and children who have nowhere else to go, transitional housing for homeless veterans and their children, and permanent housing for disabled, chronically homeless low-income women.

On Monday, November 19, the DowellGroup hosted a book drive for The Salvation Army Children’s Learning Center in York, PA. The group donated new and gently used books to the Salvation Army’s after school program that serves inner city York County students from Kindergarden to 9th grade.

The DowellGroup volunteered at the Ashburn Community Center on Sunday, November 18, 2012, preparing “Backpack Buddies” for Loudoun County youth. The group filled the backpacks with healthy food, such as apple sauce and mandarin oranges.